Haiku are short poems that use sensory language to capture a feeling or image.Haiku poetry was originally developed by Japanese poets.
Japanese Haiku traditionally consist of 17 on, or sounds, devided into three phrases : 5 sounds, 7 sounds and 5 sounds.
Here is a sample
"Refreshing and cool
love is a sweet summer rain
that washes the world"
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